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Post by sandy on Jul 18, 2007 16:14:58 GMT -5
Geordy It depends on the maker, some morcillas are spicer than others. I really don´t know that Puerto Rice you mention. As for "chimichurri", it´s a very spicy sauce that some like to spread over the "asado", but I really don´t like it, it´s too spicy for me. As for morcilla, my grandmother (who was Polish but came to live here before WWII) used to say that young children and babies should eat it because "it was good for the blood" (the baby´s blood). I don´t know where that belief came from.
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Post by geordy on Jul 18, 2007 17:56:15 GMT -5
Sandy, My paternal grandmother came from Poland too, as well as my grandfather..though they met here in the States! We just ate kielbasa! Now THAT is eating well!
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Post by GitteK on Jul 18, 2007 23:10:51 GMT -5
sandy - I think it could be right that it is good for the babies' blood. Maybe it contains a lot of iron ? Probably so. Still, I'll pass..... redwine contains iron too, that must be enough !
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Post by annettecinca on Jul 18, 2007 23:12:27 GMT -5
Thanks for the foie gras education everyone. I think I'll brave up and try it next trip, maybe sauteed with some kind of fruity sauce. If GM's kids like it, it can't be too bad! But then there's Gitte's comments which throw some doubt my way... Willow, what have you decided to try?
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Post by Becky (Berkeleytravelers) on Jul 18, 2007 23:23:20 GMT -5
Annette (and Willow, on future trips), the easiest way to try something you're really unsure about (like foie gras) is to cadge a small bite from someone else and decide after that . . . . besides, there are no calories in food actually ordered by someone else!
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Post by GitteK on Jul 19, 2007 0:27:39 GMT -5
becky ! I exalt you for you wisdom as to calories ! Another non-fattening food is - whatever you can eat secretly...... But seriously - yes, it is a very good idea to share a plate, if you suspect that you might not like the dish. Also in that way you get to taste a lot more different dishes. We did that with the foie gras. We were 4 women, so we ordered 2 different entrées and asked the waiter if it was OK to "partager". He promptly brought plates for all of us, so that we could share the 2 entrées among us. The other plate was avocado with crayfish tails, that was good. And I am sure that the foie gras was excellent in its own right: 4 thin slices on top of various green salads with some vinaigrette dressing, so we had one slice each. Plus lots of champagne to wash it down....
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Post by joan1 on Jul 19, 2007 1:05:14 GMT -5
Oh I get hungary reading about food,, and the cheese on toast I am preparing is just not going to satisfy me!!
I am having trouble of thinking about what new foods to try,, I am quite a pig and will eat anything that is not fast enough to run off my plate.. I have not of course eaten all of the hundreds of different types of cheeses,, so there is always a new one to try. I guess I could say the same of pastries,, LOL,, oh I think I should go excercise right now,, I want to lose at least 10 pounds before I go to Paris so I can then eat with abandon.. piggy I know,, but I confess it freely and with no remorse!
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Post by kasthor on Jul 19, 2007 3:28:13 GMT -5
Over New years we had C's mom here for a week, it was the first time for her in France and I was very surprised, she was a very adventurous eater and would eat everything I told her ;D
So I made her eat Foie Gras on NYE and she loved it, we also made her eat Sushi but that was not that much of a hit.
Truffaut, that sweet sauce you had could also have been confit onions or figs.
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Post by Truffaut on Jul 19, 2007 6:32:59 GMT -5
Gitte and Truffaut, you do not like oysters Who says I don't like oysters. I love them--especially in France, where they taste so much better than the ones on the East Coast.
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Post by GitteK on Jul 19, 2007 12:18:25 GMT -5
Maybe she mistook them for mussels, which you are not too fond of, AFAIR !
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Post by Shoesy on Jul 19, 2007 13:53:34 GMT -5
Ahah! Geordy and Sandy mentioned chimichurri. Finally there's something that I like on this thread! ;D
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Post by annettecinca on Jul 19, 2007 15:39:16 GMT -5
But Shoesy, il n'est pas Français !
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Post by sandy on Jul 19, 2007 15:51:28 GMT -5
Nor American, nor Israeli. How do you know about chimichurri, Shoesy?
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Post by Shoesy on Jul 19, 2007 16:59:22 GMT -5
I've had chimichurri at some BBQs at friends' houses. I like spicy food, while I hate greasy food as well as anything that looks, feels and tastes like Gitte's description of froie gras.
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Post by sandy on Jul 19, 2007 17:04:56 GMT -5
Were they Argentine friends or is it common to find chimichurri at American (or Israeli) homes too?
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Post by geordy on Jul 19, 2007 17:55:41 GMT -5
Sandy. It has been featured on a lot of Cooking shows on the Food Network here. And in restaurants. Don't know about Israel!
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Post by Shoesy on Jul 19, 2007 19:00:04 GMT -5
Actually the first time I had it was at my very good friend's house. She's really into cooking so nothing she serves would ever surprise me. Just two weeks ago I had it again at my hubby's friend's house, and he grew up in Uruguay. (I think I got the country correct. )
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Post by sandy on Jul 19, 2007 19:12:17 GMT -5
I thought so, either from Argentina or Uruguay. "Chimichurri". I wonder how you manage to pronounce it, it must be very funny!
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Post by Shoesy on Jul 19, 2007 19:19:13 GMT -5
Don't you proounce it more or less the way it looks?
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